No arrests were made as of Tuesday in connection with online threats of gun violence and bombs at Russellville Middle School (RMS).

Over the weekend, someone using the name Rms Gosip Girl, on the social media site ask.fm, allegedly threatened several RMS students with gun violence. A parent notified the district of the threats causing them to increase security at the school.

Some of Rms Gosip Girl’s posts over the weekend included: “u still dont belive me grr I AM SHOOTING EVERYONE” and “CUZ EVERYONE IS SO MEAN TO ME SO I AM JUST GONNA KILL EVERYONE.”

The threats escalated on the site Monday evening, as Rms Gosip Girl posted, “I put bombs in the lockers.”

At 6 a.m. Tuesday, four Russellville Police Department (RPD) officers and district personnel did a sweep of the school and checked the lockers.

“They opened every locker and went through every item in every locker,” Ashley Snellenberger, district communications coordinator, said.

Many parents chose to keep their children home, despite the district’s efforts to assure the children’s safety.

Snellenberger said 233 of the 792 RMS students were present for roll call Tuesday morning, but several more were checked out before lunch.

“All absences are being excused,” she said.

Some RMS parents and grandparents expressed concerns to The Courier.

“There weren’t enough updates,” a grandmother who wished to remain unnamed said. “The last Facebook update was more than 10 hours ago. My granddaughter went to school both days, against my wishes. The school posted that the absences would be excused at 11:30 Tuesday, when it was too late. Why didn’t they post that the night before? I could’ve convinced my daughter to let me keep her here.”

Others weighed in on social media sites about whether to send the children to school or not.

“Until the individual responsible is identified and in some sort of custody, I will not feel comfortable with my child at school,” a Facebook user said.

Another disagreed: “My son attended yesterday and today. I believe in the efforts of RPD, as I know many of them.”

RPD said in a news release that its department is working with the district and will continue to provide additional security as needed.

“Investigators are working diligently day and night to find any individuals involved in this incident,” officials said in the release. “This is an ongoing multi-jurisdictional investigation, including federal law enforcement. We are utilizing all means available to track down every lead in this investigation.”

Anyone with information is asked to call RPD at 968-3232 or the Silent Tip Line at 967-2221.